WellSpan Health

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
232899911
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2009, Form 990-T 2024
Location
York, PA, USA
Phone
800-840-5905
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Home Health Care

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$141,070,255
Expenses
$118,735,575
Assets
$59,125,913
Liabilities
$59,690,164

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROXANNA GAPSTUR PHD RN (PRESIDENT & CEO - WELLSPAN HEALTH)
  • CAROL SMITH (VP & PRESIDENT - WSRH)

Highest reported compensation

  • ROXANNA GAPSTUR PHD RN (PRESIDENT & CEO - WELLSPAN HEALTH): $3,176,598 total reported compensation
  • LAURA BUCZKOWSKI (EXECUTIVE VP & CFO - WELLSPAN HEALTH): $1,408,553 total reported compensation
  • FARAAZ YOUSUF (FORMER EXECUTIVE VP & COO): $1,093,939 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

WellSpan's leaders fulfill our mission

What it reported doing in 2024

Wellspan surgery and rehabilitation hospital (wsrh), a 73-bed hospital, located on the apple hill health campus, opened on april 23, 2012. Wsrh provides a specialized treatment environment for patients requiring advanced orthopedic, spine, and neurosurgical surgeries, acute inpatient rehabilitation, and specialized outpatient rehabilitation services. Our modern, patient-centered facility offers advanced orthopedic, spine and neurosurgical treatment, and inpatient rehabilitation for those who needed extra attention before returning to their homes and resuming their lives.at wellspan, we recognize that the challenges brought on by a stroke, trauma, orthopedic injury or spine condition require specialized care. So, we built a hospital just for you. Our modern, patient-centered facility offers:- advanced orthopedic, spine and neurosurgical surgeries- acute inpatient rehabilitation for those who have a serious physical injury or disorder- specialized outpatient rehabilitation to support patients who have returned home but require ongoing therapy following an amputation, brain injury, concussion, spinal cord injury or stroke, as well as patients living with various neurological conditions or movement disorders.receive expert care from highly skilled teams of surgeons, rehabilitation physicians (physiatrists), nurses, therapists and other specialists. Recover in a private room with smart-room technology. Enjoy the advantages of coordinated care across the wellspan system. And get the specialized care you need to overcome the challenges life has thrown your way.wellspan surgery & rehabilitation hospital works collaboratively with the integrated health care delivery system that is wellspan health. We support the journey to optimal independence by providing superior quality care, delivered by a compassionate team, in a patient-centered, healing environment.wellspan surgery & rehabilitation hospital had 1,486 admissions, 18,185 patient days, and 4,002 surgical cases during fiscal year 2025.during the fiscal year wellspan surgery & rehabilitation hospital had the following achievements:- honored with the partner for change award as a part of the 2025 practice greenhealth environmental excellence awards. This recognition highlights wellspan health's long-term commitment to creating a greener environment for our patients and communities.- reaccredited as a magnet hospital, the highest honor for nursing, awarded by the american nurses credentialing center (ancc).see wellspan health - 2025 community benefit report located at https://www.wellspan.org/about-wellspan/improving-healthy-communities/community-benefit.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 99% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most filed governance safeguards are in place. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 57
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 60.3%; rating input score 60
  • Program expense ratio: 71.7%; rating input score 72
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 56.2%; rating input score 56; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 15.8%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.5; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.01; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.1%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.5% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 60.3% of revenue deployed · 71.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 16 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $85.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $3.2M · 25 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $489K reported
  • Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 11 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 10 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 51 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 56/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: CEO compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 53/100.